"What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July?"
When Thomas Jefferson wrote in the Declaration of Independence that all men were endowed with the rights of “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness,” he did not have in mind the rights of the hund...
3 Jul 202347min
1970 Hijackings by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
In September 1970, commandos from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) hijacked five planes, landing three of them near Zarqua, Jordan, at a remote desert airstrip called Dawson’s ...
26 Jun 202342min
W. E. B. Du Bois & African American Contributions to World War I
Over 350,000 African American men joined the United States military during World War I, serving valiantly despite discrimination and slander. Historian and civil rights activist W. E. B. Du Bois had h...
19 Jun 202338min
The Internment of Japanese Americans during World War II & the Role of Attorneys at the Relocation Centers
During World War II, over 120,000 Japanese Americans, most of whom were US citizens, were forcibly removed from their homes in California, Washington, and Oregon, and imprisoned in relocation centers,...
12 Jun 202346min
Racial Conflict in the U.S. Army During the Vietnam War Era
In September 1969, African American journalist Wallace Terry reported on “another war being fought in Vietnam — between black and white Americans.” After the 1948 integration of the military, the U.S....
5 Jun 202343min
Black Soldiers & their Families in the Civil War
As soon as the first shots of the Civil War were fired at Fort Sumter, free Black men in the North rushed to enlist, but they were turned away, as President Lincoln worried that arming Black soldiers ...
29 Mai 202350min
The Oneida Perfectionist Religious Community
In 1848, a group of religious perfectionists, led by John Humphrey Noyes, established a commune in Oneida, New York, where they lived and worked together. Women in the community had certain freedoms c...
22 Mai 202340min
The Diversity Visa Lottery
In the 1980s undocumented Irish immigrants convinced United States lawmakers to create a program that would provide a path to citizenship for individuals without family connections in the United State...
15 Mai 202350min
